‘Beyond the call of duty’: lecturers top unpaid overtime figures
Teachers and lecturers are more likely to work unpaid overtime than workers in any other occupation, according to union figures.
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Huddled masses yearning to study faster and cheaper: US students head for UK
A record number of Americans are studying at British universities, new data show.
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How Not to Be Eaten: The Insects Fight Back
Michelle Harvey gets caught up in the evolutionary arms race of six-legged predators and prey
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Privatising the Public University: The Case of Law
The demise of state funding has altered students' attitudes to the legal profession, says Huw Morris
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Reinventing Political Culture: The Power of Culture versus the Culture of Power
Political culture is a bit of an elephant in the living room for social scientists. It's large and we know it's there, but we're not sure how to deal with it. As a result, it is often ignored at the...
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The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions are Changing World Politics
At the London School of Economics a few years ago I listened as Richard Goldstone, then the great guru of the international criminal court, outlined his case for what the author of this stimulating...
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The Anticipatory Corpse: Medicine, Power and the Care of the Dying
I approached this book with caution. It begins with the story of Nancy, a woman diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a disease I have witnessed at close quarters and had no wish to reacquaint myself...
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Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not
Don't be misled by the title. This is not a book written in praise of religion as natural or criticising science as unnatural - quite the contrary. The author, Robert McCauley, is a cognitive science...
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News in brief
GermanyNo short-changing young scholarsYoung professors in Germany should be paid a salary matching that given to civil servants of similar rank and responsibility in other sectors, a court has ruled...
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Now everyone will know that Cornell means business
Expanding into the Big Apple provides a platform for high-tech start-ups. John Morgan reports
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Think global or stay local? Finnish sector weighs its options
Unease with internationalisation echoes growing concerns in other Nordic nations. Ed Dutton reports
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Off-script email leads to suit centred on bad handwriting
Student claims lack of promised dyslexia support cost him a first-class degree. Jack Grove writes
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News in brief
Private facilities partnershipsUPP seals £57m contractA private company that specialises in long-term multi-million-pound deals to build and run student facilities has extended its reach in the...
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Let's take their words on that
David Matthews reports on debate about whether claiming students' IP rights could halt plagiarism
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Grant winners
LEVERHULME TRUSTPhilip Leverhulme PrizesThese prizes, worth £70,000 each, are awarded to outstanding scholars who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their field of study.Astronomy...